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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-08-05
THE PEARL HARVEST.
Facts Relating to the Mother-of-Pea
Fisheries Of the Red Sea.

Facts Relating to the Mother-of-Pearl
Fisheries of the Red Sea.
Pearl. or more precisely speaking,
mother-of-pearl fisheries in the Red
Sea extend the whole length of its
coast. from FL Wedj on the north 10
Alden on the south. About three hum
dred boats are employed. the majority
belonging to the Zobeid Bedouin Arab
tribe. They are open. unlocked boats
of between eight and twenty tons bur-
den, carrying large lateen sails, and
are manned by crews varying between
five and twelve men, each boat being
provided with number of small ca
noes. There are two fishing seasons
during the year, one of four months
and one of eight months, during which
nearly all of the boats keep the sea, the
crews living on board and visiting their
homes for short periods of but two to
four weeks in the year. The crews are
composed principally of slaves, and are
paid by share of the produce Of their
fishing. the owner of the boat taking
one third, the remaining two
thirds, after deducting the cost of food
consumed during the voyage. going
to the men.
The age at which diver begins to
follow his calling is about ten years,
and the men are remarkable for their
strength and good health. The fishing
takes place in the neighborhood OF
reefs. the boat anchoring at certain
spot. and the crews fishing from their
canoes in the vicinity. Operat ons are
conducted only in calm weather. when
the shell can be seen Mt n depth vary.
ing between seven and fifteen fathoms.
The value of the total harvest is esti-
mated at $l2O. 900 to $40. 900 annually,
the dollar varying in value. between
seventy-iive and eighty-five cents. The
shells are imported at Jeddah for sale
and are disposed of by public auction
in heaps of about half an English hum
dredweight (fifty-six poundsj each. A
preliminary inspection is not allowed
and the bidding is purely speculative.
the bidders having to take dirt. coral
excrescences and inferior shells in the
purchase. Prior to expectation the
shells are sometimes cleaned to remove
the coral and dirt and are then packed
in barrels.
Up to ten years ago all shells brought
to Jeddah for sale, were shipped by ma
tives to Cairo. Now, however. the
bulk to goes Trieste, a small quantity to
London and Havre. and few of the
finest and largest shells are purchased
for expectation to Bethlehem. where
they are engraved and sold 70 pilgrims
Jesceler's Weekly.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-08-05

''Ohr' say host Of voices. one after
another. II can't live without my
corset! The minute leave it Of am
Just ~ weak - kitten; all gone; I
can hardly sit upl''
They have told the story now! They
have disabled themselves; they have
ruined the wonderful work Of God in
their bodies, and the result, the hax.
vest, is fearful; their interior organs
are all forced out Of place. crowded.
weakened. congcsted. Then to all this
they add high-heeled shoes Possibly
they do not know that the most deli
cate organs in their frames are only
kept in place by muscular attachments,
hung. as it were. on the edge Of those
wonderful muscles that do the work of
life; when they wear high heels they
throw those muscles forward. where
they do not belong; they produce dis
placement Do you know that means
one kind of torture? That grows into
liberation; another anguish; and their
lives, their usefulness, their comforts,
are all ruined.
Now, when these are gone what can
money do for them? what help is mar
riageP sickly wife. helpless moth
er. Will clothes. however gorgeous.
alleviate a back-ache? or assuage dys-
pepsiap Will education do their all
ments one particle of good? No! not
one atom Let them learn to live in
fresh air. open their windows. wear
flannel night-gowns. and take a jug Of
hot water to bed if they are cold; but
at night open the windows, and air all
their clothes and their room daily.
Eat simple. wholesome food; wear
homeless waists and button their skirts
on to them; be rosy, happy and healthy.
a comfort to everybody else as well rs
themselves.-Rose Terry Cooke, IN ~
Y Mail and Express.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-08-05
CAPTAIN DOLLY.
The Romantic Adventure Of 6
Born Sailoress."
[Original.l

lOr1glnai.I
''Genr' lily speakin', +" said the Ancient
Marine, chatting between his hard palms
the tobacco he had just cut from plug
of natural leaf, centrally speakin'.
wimmin is out of their sp'ere aboard
ship" but 1 acknowledge there is ex-
ceptions, and Miss Dolly. which were
daughter of old Cap'n Jabe Baker, of
the ship Boswell were one of them ex-
eeptions."
''Yes?" was my interrogative re-
Spouse, as pushed the ancient mari
ner's pipe toward him to make room
for the foaming tankard which had just
been set on the small table at which
we were sitting.
''She were," gravely returned my
seafaring friend. proceeding to fill and
light his pipe with enjoyable delibera-
ton, and after bref interview with
the beer, he began: 81 were a young
man in them days, raised in the same
{ wn on the cape as Cap'n Jabe and
Miss Dolly come from, though I'd run
away to sea whilst she and me was
kids, goin' to the same school together.
And stumblin' on the Cap'n quite by
accident like, after bein' paid off from
a Dutch bark in New York, 1 shipped
along of him in the Boswell for a run
to London.
ait were plain to see from the first,
that Miss Dolly as had been goin'
regular vy'ges with her pa. was born
sailoress, but for all that she were a
Lady true, and drawed the line sharp
atween the quarter deck and cabin.
different from some Cap'n's wives I've
sailed shipmates with afore now.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-08-05

''Wcll, she were the apple of Cap'n
Jabe's eyes, and no mistake, he were
proud of her, which we'll he might be,
havin' learnt her to handle the ship,
besides shootin' the sun and workin'
up days reckonin' nigh as accurate
as hisself. And it were pretty sight
for TO see that handsome young girl a
standin' side the old man on the
quarter, wearin' a jaunty cap JAM
med down onto her short, crispy hair.
a givin of orders when we were tackin'
ship. or maxim or takin' in sail. Her
eyes would shine like dim
bright, and we d hear her voice ringin'
out like a silver bugle above the bel
lcrin' of the wind and thunderin' Of
the canvass agin the yards. Now, then.
boys, Miss Dolly's watching of YOU
Air. Clark, the secon' mate. would say
Kind of low SO she couldn't hear, and
she way we'd spring to the work were
Acautionr'
''Now, as learnt from the steward,
Mr.. Clark had been the previous voyage
with Cap'n Jabe and his daughter,
which they knowed him considerable
better than they did Mr.. Carrick, The
mate. who We're year or two older
than Clark, and han some man, which
the secon' mate never was. though
liked him far the best of the two by
.,ll odds. And it wasn't long before we
see that he worshiped the deck-planks
Miss Dolly's little feet trode on, though
he were one o them quiet-spoke young
feliers as looks sight morn they
says.
Whether the mate was took with
Miss Dolly or with the Boswell that she
was said to own controllin' interest
in, through it bein' left her by rich
uncle. or with both together. he best
knowed. Certain it was that he hadn't
been aboard week afore he begin a
1ookin' tender to'ards her out of his
big, black eyes, and bein' well sot up
young man with regular dark fe'tures,
a han some mustache and smooth, easy
way to'ards the wimmin, it began to
look like he were tryin' to cut Mr..
Clark out
'.But as it happened I knowed Car
rick fore he come aboard the Boswell.
Then he were New Orleans Jim. and
they said he were part Spanish null
latter. though well edicated. and with
the manner of a gentleman. But when
/ was shipmate with him in the notori-
Gus old Neptune. he were as black
hearted . secon' officer IS ever old
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-08-05

Il heard the 'splosion and put aft in
hurry! Carrick were layin' on deck
grcanin' frightful. allowin' he were
dead or dyin'. or both. Mr.. Clark had
his arm round Cap'n Dolly's waist
she bein' almost in a swoOn at the
sight of the blood which was runnin
down Carrick's face.
II sung out for the steward. and
come to pick Carrick up he were not SC
desp'rit bad after all. though the ball
which, lucky for him. were small
one-had went slap through both
checks, a-knockin' out a jaw tooth on
either side. which we found afterwards
where he'd spit 'em out on deck. Blu,
he were bleedin' like a pig. so we
plugged up the holes with lint and raw
SALT after which he were very properly
put into irons and showed into spare
stateroom.
'Well, there amt much more to tell,
only that afore we sighted Lan's End,
Mr.. Clark had made bold for to offer
hisself to Cap'n Dolly, which, / think.
never diskivered as she cared for him
truly till she see his life in danger.
But nigh as can find out she wouldn't
lissen to nothin' of the kind whilst her
father were in sech condition. and so
things went till We arrived to London,
thirty-two days from New York. where
Carrick. havin' slipped his irons some
way. managed to git off scot free.
They took Cap'n Jabe to the Marine
Hospital. where he begun to git better.
but it were plain to see he'd never be
fit for command no longer. and when
Mr. Clark mustered up courige for to
tell the whole story, and AK should he
have Miss Dolly. the old man took it
very reasonable.
She's her own Mistress he says.
and if she don't objec' I'm sure 1
don't My seafarin' days are over.
he goes on. with kind of sigh, and 1
shall have to go back passenger in the
Boswell" SO if you two git married
afore the ship sails, you'll have to set
tie it tween you which is to 60 cap'n
of her. SEEM Dolly have showed
herself nigh as compliant as any body
for command
''They was married in London and
was good enough to give me the mates
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-08-05
ITEMS ABOUT WOMEN.

EMMA ETHERIDGE BARLOW, of Cold
water, Mich, has completed the stu
dents regular law course of study.
Miss CARRIE I. ADsITr obtained the
prize of the Cornell free scholarship,
at the examination held there recently.
Miss MARION MURDOCH, Of Hum.
boldt, Ia, received the degree Of B. ID.
Bachelor of Divinity at the recent
anniversary exercises of the Meadville
Theological School.
Mrs. HENRY WOOD. the authoress,
bequeaths $50. 900. in equal shares, to
her children. Her son is appointed
'her literary executor, and is given dis
erection to control the publication or
republication of her writings. Her
copyrights and manuscripts are not to
be sold.
Miss LUELLA j. MOORE, of Denison,
Tex, one of the graduates of the Kan
sas State University this year. was
president of the day. The graduating
class this year is larger than ever be-
fore turned out by the university. there
being twenty-four graduates = eight
young ladies and sixteen young gentle
men.
MRS. HANNAH STONE. the Oldest
resident of Worcester, Mass. who died
recently, was born at Dorchester. Au-
gust 81, 1887. She married Samuel
Stone in 1905. and lived at Eden. VT,
for the next fifteen years. She was
left a widow in 1920. with six small
children. Her descendants, to the
fifth generation. are living in Vermont.
DR.. MARY H. HOBART. Of Boston.
a graduate of the class Of 1885 Of the
Woman's Medical College Ut New
York, and later, for year, at the New
England Hospital. sailed. June Is. for
Antwerp, en- route for Zurich. for q
two-years' course of medical study.
On her return she will locate in Boz
ton. The good wishes Of hosts Of
friends follow her.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-08-05
THE KINGS DAUGHTERS.
A W0man's Organization for Charitabl
and Phllant hrOp Purposea.

l a WOmon'a OfRontxottOn Tor Charitable
| and Philanthr0pical Purposes.
A little more than year ago. half q
dozen women in New York formed
themselves into a sort of "lend-a-hand'
society. and called themselves 1.-The
Kings Daughters" from those daugh.
tiers mentioned in the Psalms who
were "all-glorious Within" Edward
Everett Hale's plan of working by tens
was adopted. That is. each member
gathers to herself nine others, who
each again form band of ten, and SO
on. for special work.
From this small beginning, little
more than a year ago. there arc to-day
thousands of members, and the society
has representatives in thirty-three
States, Canada, England, South Amer
ica and New Zealand. The main object
of the Daughters" is to do any thing,
however humble, that will make any
fellow-mortal better or happier. Some
of the ITEMS" visit the sick in hospi-
tails; other items visit the sick and
needy in tenement-hOuses; others visit
invalids These are known as the
Comforting Tens" Certain items"
have agreed not to gossip Of other
women, nor to shrug their shoulders
when the names of other women are
mentioned. These are the " HOld-the-
Tongue Tens" and SO on.
The first annual meeting of the new
organization was recently held in the
Young Women's Christian Association
Hall, in East Fifteenth street, and the
beautiful auditorium room was crowded
by an assembly of the Daughters
from many directions and different
States. Items" of boys, to be called
"Armor-Bearers, and men, to be
known as 1.-THE Kings Guard" will
assist the Daughters" in good work
next autumn.
The organization of the Kings
Daughters is for religious and benev-
client work" But why should not the
Kings Daughters come and help the
woman suffragists? The work of suf-
fragists is to secure the application OF
the Golden Rule in politics. What
work is more truly religious? Great
moral questions fail to be carried for
lack of the help women could give il
they had votes. Dens of vice. gamb-
ling-houses and liquor-saloOns breed
crimes which result in torture to wom-
en- and little children. and include other
evils. These dcns flourish, and will
continue to do so till the votes of wom-
en- are added to the votes of men who
wish to destroy these evils. What can
be more benevolent than securing the
ballot to women? Let the Kings
Daughters join the woman suffragists,
and let suffragists unite in tens after
their manner. and so multiply our
helpers and our work. oman's Jour-
nal.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-08-05

befth for the return pass go under
Cap'n Clark. which finally took charge,
though never could eco but what
Cap'n Dolly were ekally capable. but
as l said to the beginnin' she were an
excepshun to all general rules Here's
your 'ealth. sir. good night"
FRANK II. CoxvERsR.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-08-05

| A Bis with w1llin' 'arts and strung
lands. She thsnks M pritty. and then al
to once turns sharp and quick ON thu
mate which were 6ggettin' round tn
quarter . waitin' to put word in.
"los. "-shc says. in . voice froz'
like Attic icicle-'.you, are disrated
Move your chest and bedding at ono,
into the forecastle! Mr.. Clark"-t<
the secon' mate, which was lookin
nigh as much struck aback as Carried
and for that matter the rest Of us
..you are now the Boswell's first of
icer. while goa. Mr.. Hale"-speakin
sudden to me standin' with my ship
mates-.'will fill Mr.. Clark's place. and
I hold myself responsible for all these
changes"
at were uncommon thing to dc
%. but somehow nobody-not even
the mate hisself-scemed to make any
question. Lucky we didn't-if Miss
Dolly'd SO much as raised her finger
we'd give him sea toss on the minnit.
But there were devil in his eye as
big as the ships log. when he took his
chist and beddin' forartl, where he
wee hazed and chaffed uncommon by
all han's-being no favorite with any
one. Mr.. Clark weren't inclined to
favor him none too much as a matter
of course, and You can imagine how
Carrick must a felt to ards him."
1--WE struck the wust kind of weather
most ever see, to the east'a ard of the
Banks. Cap'n Jabe KEEP along jest
about so, breathin', sleepin' and bein'
fed aid tended like baby by the stoo-
ard. with Miss Dolly in and out of the
state-room twenty times a day. yet al
lers to the fore on deck in all kinds of
weather, wrapped from head to foot In
Cap'n Jabe's long ileskin coat. with a
nobby little fur cap on her head. 1t
were bitter cold Sunday night, blow
in Twin gale o wind and the ships
head reachin' under lower topsel's
some eres nigh the chops of the Chan
mel hOpin' by daybreak we'd sight "A
Channel pilot"
''Carrick were to the wheel, which
only needed shifting now and then.
Cap'n Dolly had gone into the cabin a
minnlt to study the chart. Mr.. Clark
were waitin' for her to come up before
goin' below, whilst I was forced to
make sure the sidelights was burnin'
clear-the ship bein' then right in the
track of vessels and steamers.
at were Cap'n Dolly herself. as
was good enough to tell me what hap
pencd, after it were all over. She said
she were bendin' over the chart when
she heard a noise on the quarter like
some one had fell heavy; and then Mr..
Clark singin' out stifled like:
Dolly. Cap'n Dolly!
''She said she felt what the matter
were in m:anit. She grabbed Cap'n
Jabe's revolver from the table-drawer
it were one of them self-cockin'
"bull-dog' pattern-and were up the
companionway-steps quickern li'ten-
in. 1t were dark and BLOWN heavy.
but the pinnikle lamp showed what was
goin' on.
1.-The mate were down, jammed
atween the wheel-ropes. and atop of
him was Carrick, clutchin' Mr. Clark's
throat with one hand and holdin' his
drawed back in t'other all
ready for lunge.
''Cap'n Dolly never fired pistol in
all her life, but she never stopped to
think of that. She'd see Cap'n Jabe
shootin' to a mark and knowed all she
had to do was pint and pull. Which
she did"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-08-05

"A young Aberdenian. bashful but
desperately in love. finding that mo-
notice was taken of his visits to the
house of his sweetheart, summoned up
sufficient courage to address the fair
one thus: Jean, / was here on Mon
day nicht." '.Aye. ye were that. !" re-
piled she. can WIS here on Tues
day NIGHT" $50 ye were" 'An' I
was here on Wednesday" continued
the ardent youth. LAY. an ye were
here Thursday NIGHT and a." '.Ap' I
was here last nicbt" well she say4
'.what if 70 were7" '.An' I am hero
the NIGHT again" "And what aboo<
it even if We came every nichte''
..What ABBOTT it. did ye say? Div 70
no begin to smell a rat?"-N y. Ssn.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-08-05

Take the elevator for the second
floor and see the handsomest sales-
woman in Denver" Is tho display
heading in the advertisementof Dsnr
yer clothing establishment
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-08-05

HAny person Who takes the paper roe
ul.r.y from the postodice. whether directed
60 bis name or whether he 10 . subscriber OF
oot IL responsible for the pay.
The courts have decided that refusing 4
onke newspapers from the p0Rt-ofnce, or n
urims facie evidence Of rKxnNxlOHAL RnAun.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-08-05

knOCkln MIN Stluer II stake.
"Well. there were pretty kettle OF
fish then and no mistake. Cap'n Jabe
laid like log after he was picked up
and carried to his berth. but breathin'
like he were snorin', till Mr.. Clark, as
were handy at any thing. bled him,
takin' nigh pint of blood from his
arm which doctor said afterward was
all that saved his life.
Next mornin' he opened his eyes.
but he couldn't speak nor didn't seem
to sense what was said to him. And
along about four bells in the afternoon
Miss Dolly come on deck lookin'
whiter'n the new main r'yal, but with
kind of set look on her hansum face
which meant biz'ness. The mate which
had took charge of the deck give her
good mornin' bold as brass, but she
SWEEP by him without so much as a
look and asks Mr.. Clark to muster all
hands aft
ut wasn't long before ali hans
ceptin' Riley to the wheel was standin'
round the capstern on the main deck.
Miss Dolly steps TO the break Of the
quarter and then she told us as nigh as
she could make out Cap'n Jabe had =
sort of shock and were we within to
stand by her and obey her orders
same's though they was Cap'n Bakers
till he were able to get on deck again.
Them that were please step over to
wind ard.
Before she'd fairly done speakin'
every man back of us were acrost the
deck. Partly by reason of a sailor
allns bein' ready for to help female
in distress. and part from KNOWN she
were compliant to run the ship. spec
tally through bcin' backed up BY ten
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-08-05

harvest from that corset that abro-
gates the good of diet.
They "don't even lace tight"
never knew a woman who did! I
mean who said she did. I have had a
stout woman of fifty tell me the same
thing, adding. triumphantly. "and
l wear the same sized corset I did at
SIXTEEN"
! have every reason to suppose she
thought was fool. I must he. to
believe that thirty-six years had not
altered the size and shape of a wom-
an! must be not to see in the alb
rupt angle her hips made with her
waist. the immense size of those hips
and whole shape of her figure, much
like q wasp and bumblebee cut in
two and the wasp's fore-haf spliced to
the other half of the bee. the open Sc
cret that she gradually forced her ribs
together above her lungs and stomach,
till the natural spread of her figure
had been ruthlessly jammed down.
ward.
However. for the sake of argument
we will say they don't lace; but they
do press on all those soft muscles
about the organs of life. an unyielding
OF bone and steel, that takes all the
strength away by supplying artificial
support
Tie your arm up in sling for six
months and see how helpless it win be,
and do you think their stomachs and
livcrs can bear the stiff pressure Of .
corset without harmp
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1887-04-29

VINO GETS CoTTON PROFITS "A citi-
zen on yesterday sold several bales of cot
ton at the top Of the market to we'll
known buyer. The purchaser turned to
another buyer standing within a few feet
of him and disposed of the ticket repre-
senting his purchase profit Of four dol
lars The second buyer walked across the
street to n manufacturers agent and in a
minute or two returned reporting profit
of three dollars and a half on the same lot
of cotton.
The original seller observed the trans
action with evidences Of in tense disgust
and rapidly figured out that the two buyers
had ia five minutes and without turning a
hair divided more net profit than he had
received for many days Of hard work and
an indefinite amount of perspiration. Then
and there he registered gcntlc but effect
i've swear that he would never, never sell
pound of his cotton to q buyer. All he
makes, hereafter, will 90 to the manuGac-
turer direct.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1887-04-29

RESkws HER YoUTH.-M Mrs. Phoebe Chesley,
Peterson. Clay Co, Iowa, tells tho following
remarkable story, the truth Of which is vouched
years old, have been troubled with kidney COM
plant and lameness for many years could not
dress myself without help. Now l am free
from all pain and thanks to Electric Bitters for
having renewed my youth, and, removed COM
pletely all disease and pain
Try bottle, only Soc. ut J. W. Poscy's Drug
Store
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1887-04-29

be looked upon them with the c,nfusei and
bewildere ed joy of parental love, seeking TO know
and distinguish in the light. the separate OBJ
jects towards whom 1t ycarned, and not till
they spoke did he know their christian names.
Bu, soon, soon did the sweet faces Of all his
children seem, to his eyes, TO answer well. each
in its different lovelincss. TO the expression Of
the voices SO long familiar 10 his heart.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1887-04-29
81 A Thu rid Al Y

Foreigners own about 2O,OOO,OOO acres
of land in different parts of the United
States-that is, an area nearly equal to that
of Ireland. Mr.. Cleveland has signed a
bill which prohibits any further purchase
by aliens. We have no moro land than we
need for ourselves, and alien ownership is
an unmitigatcd evil. Another rotten limb
sawed off.